Okay so let's say Cole can get broken abilities as a lesser spawn who evolved far past their monster progenitor. The reason why Cole has such low skill compared to his monster power related abilities, like his ability to sense power and his various heat related abilities, is because of his technique Head Burst. Unless they are regenerative type superhuman, there's no surviving that blow once it lands. While there might be abilities like precognition or teleportation that make dodging a breeze, landing a solid hit on him through all that heat will be hard if they are not significantly more powerful like Nico was. Now that he has his cold abilities that make his enemies unable to move, and Heat Zone, which is even more deadly than Head Burst, and has a longer range, I think he won't apply himself physically. Yes, he lost to the MC, Deryl, and Amber despite having much more power than them, but when he was losing to Deryl and MC he kept screaming something like "I am Level 4, Why am I losing to a bunch of level 3s". The answer what pretty obvious, but he seems like the type to say "...they won because they played dirty tricks and got lucky breaks..." and not actually reflect and analyze why he lost.
As a result, he won't increase his skill level too much or gain combat experience for situations where his power won't insta-kill his foes, I think he will just try harder to make sure he kills them. So basically, he will just work on increasing his power and the potency of his abilities. Which might work to an extent, but I don't think it will really solve the weaknesses or gaps in his combat abilities he has. So, when other superhumans evolve to level 4 while also training their skills to avoid being instantly killed and increasing their odds of survival, I think Cole may start to struggle because he will have a great power but will not be a great combatant.
